Art - Different Truths

June 23, 2023
Monika Ajay Kaul
Arts, Cover Story, Criticism, Poem

A Poetry-Painting Intersection: Tennyson and Waterhouse’s The Lady of Shalott

Monika, an Art-historian, critiques ‘The Lady of Shalott’, a poem by Lord Alfred Tennyson, and a painting of the same name by John William Waterhouse. It’s a unique intersection of poetry...

May 3, 2023
Sujata Sankranti
Short Story

The Musk Deer

An intriguing short story by Sujata about an artist and his suicide. What did his sketchbook reveal? The story unfolds – exclusively for Different Truths. Durga Prasad looked around his...

December 17, 2022
Soma Bhowmik
Art, Profile, Sculpture

Ram Kumar Manna: An Award-Winning Sculptor from Kolkata

Soma profiles an award-winning sculptor, Ram Kumar Manna, and reviews his works – for Different Truths. Ram Kumar Manna loves to make the idol of Shree Ganesh but not...

October 17, 2022
Arindam Roy
Opinion

The Critic

Arindam analyses how an artiste and a critic view a work of art, which has a complex relationship with the landscape of its time. A true critic is as inspired...

September 26, 2022
Sarika Sarkar Das
Nostalgia, Religion, Special Feature

Man Creates God in Kumortuli

Sarika reminisces about Durga Puja in Assam, where she grew up. She recalls a visit to Kumortuli, the potters’ colony, inhabited by the idol makers for ages. They live...

August 11, 2022
Arindam Roy
Arts

Art and Artlessness

In this part of Art Thought, Arindam seeks to differentiate art and artlessness. He quotes Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, who shows how a mathematician sees beauty in a ‘beautiful equation’. In the...

July 22, 2022
Dr. Roopali Sircar Gaur
History & Culture, Travel & Food

Cuisine & Street Art Co-exist in George Town, Penang

Dr Roopali takes us on a tour of Penang, Malaysia. She explores its cultural traditions, cuisines, and street art, along with its sites and sounds – exclusively for Different...

July 8, 2022
Dr. Dhiraj Sharma
Art, Literature

The Portrait of Kali and Divine Blessing

Kali is in the eye of the storm; a documentary filmmaker and a Trinamool Congress MP, Mahua Moitra, is facing censure. Dr Dhiraj tells us about his photography and painting...

December 2, 2021
Nibedita Sen
Arts, Guest Blog, Painting

Memoir: My Journey, the Early Phase – I

Nibedita, a renowned artist, reveals her journey, as an artist, from her childhood. In the first part of the three-part series, she tells us about the early phase of...

November 13, 2021
Monika Ajay Kaul
Arts, Interview, Profile

Coffee Artist Hima Bindu: Pioneering Creativity

Coffee Art is unusual and unique. Monika picks brain of a Coffee artist, Hima Bindu, in this interview. An exclusive for Different Truths. It won’t just be a notion...

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